Chile - Valparaíso Pelagic Trip
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Since its establishment in 2005, BirdLife’s Albatross Task Force (ATF) has had remarkable success in reducing albatross and petrel bycatch in targeted fisheries around the world.
Using a range of at-sea mitigation measures, the ATF has demonstrated that it is possible to reduce drastically seabird bycatch, typically by as much as 85% and often over 90%.
In Chile, modifying the nets used in the purse-seine fleet reduced bycatch by 98%, and trials in Peru have shown that net lights show promise in reducing seabird bycatch in gillnet fisheries.
Following sustained work by the ATF, Argentina and Chile have recently announced new seabird regulations, which are set to save over 10,000 Black-browed Albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris) in one Argentinean fishery alone.
Source: http://www.birdlife.org/